London
(ANI):
Lead
vocalist
of
American
hard
rock
band
Guns
N'
Roses,
Axl
Rose'
has
been
blamed
for
the
group
missing
out
on
the
No
1
album
after
he
disappeared
for
two
months.
The
album
the
group
was
gunning
the
top
spot
for
was
their
latest
release
Chinese
Democracy,
which
took
them
15
years
and
15million
pounds
to
record.
But
they
lost
out
to
The
Killers
Day
&
Age
in
Sunday's
UK
album
chart
rundown,
with
Brandon
Flowers
group
notching
up
sales
of
200,000
during
the
week,
80,000
more
than
Guns
N
Roses.
Bosses
at
label
Geffen
are
blaming
unpredictable
Axl
for
the
disappointing
sales
after
he
disappeared
for
two
months
before
the
release
date,
and
staff
could
not
contact
him
to
get
him
to
promote
his
rock
epic.
"Everyone
knows
Axl
is
a
bit
of
a
maverick
genius
and
won't
do
anything
he
doesn't
want
to
do," the
Sun
quoted
an
insider
as
saying.
"The
label
is
really
glad
to
have
him
back.
But
it
is
frustrating
because
the
album
would
have
had
a
much
better
chance
of
going
to
No1
if
he
had
only
been
prepared
to
show
his
face.
People
have
been
trying
to
contact
him
for
two
months
and
he's
been
completely
AWOL.
You
would
have
thought
after
spending
15
years
on
an
album
you
might
do
a
few
weeks
promotion," the
insider
added.